 | Mrs. Marcet (Jane Haldimand), Thomas P. Jones - Physics - 1826 - 286 pages
...composed of rays, which, when separated, produce all these colours, although when blended together, they appear colourless or white. '} Sir Isaac Newton, to...colours:/ red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet.) Emily. But how does a prism separate these coloured rays? Mrs. B. By refraction. It appears... | |
 | Levi Washburn Leonard - New Hampshire - 1827 - 398 pages
...together. Prism, a solid piece of gloss with three- flat sidac, and two equal and parallel triangular ends. SIR ISAAC NEWTON, to whom we are indebted for the...found it to consist of an assemblage of coloured rays. This separation may be observed in the well known experiment of the prism. A ray being let into a darkened... | |
 | Levi Washburn Leonard - Science - 1830 - 350 pages
...Prism, a solid piece of glass with three flat sides, and two equal and parallel triangular ends. Sm ISAAC NEWTON, to whom we are indebted for the most...found it to consist of an assemblage of coloured rays. This separation may be observed in the well known experiment of the prism. A ray being let into a darkened... | |
 | 1832 - 650 pages
...that the colours are not formed by the prism, but existed in the ray previous to its refraction ; for the white rays of the sun are composed of coloured...rays, which formed an image upon the wall, such as is exhibited (Jig. 28), in which are displayed the following series of colours — red, orange, yellow,... | |
 | Ireland commissioners of nat. educ - 1835 - 398 pages
...that the colours are not formed by the prism, but existed in the ray previous to its refraction ; for the white rays of the sun are composed of coloured...rays, which formed an image upon the wall, such as is exhibited, in which are displayed the followingseries of colours — red, orange, yellow, green,... | |
 | Readers (Elementary) - 1836 - 424 pages
...that the colours are not formed by the prism, but existed in the ray previous to its refraction ; for the white rays of the sun are composed of coloured...rays, which formed an image upon the wall, such as is exhibited, in which are displayed the following series of colours — red, orange, yellow, green,... | |
 | Magic tricks - 1838 - 214 pages
...retina, before preceding impressions have departed. DECOMPOSITION OF LIGHT. Sir Isaac Newton first divided a white ray of light, and found it to consist...assemblage of coloured rays, which formed an image upon a wall, and in which were displayed the following colours: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo,... | |
 | George Grant - Knowledge and learning - 1849 - 328 pages
...that the colours are not formed by the prism, but existed in the ray previous to its refraction ; for the white rays of the sun are composed of coloured...assemblage of coloured rays which formed an image on the wall, displaying the following colours — red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet.... | |
 | William Clarke - Amusements - 1855 - 722 pages
...retina before preceding impressions have departed. DECOMPOSITION Of II.; in. Sir Isaac Newton first divided a white ray of light, and found it to consist...assemblage of coloured rays, which formed an image upon a wall, and in which were displayed the following aolours : red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo,... | |
 | Jane Marcet - 1858 - 630 pages
...are all the tints of the rainbow, and their brightness I never saw equalled. (Fig. 4. Plate XXVIII.) EMILY. I have seen an effect, in some respects similar...assemblage of coloured rays, which formed an image such as you now see exhibited upon the wall (fig. 4.), in which are displayed the following series... | |
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... the white rays of the sun are composed of coloured rays, which when blended together, appear colourless or white. Sir Isaac Newton, to whom we are indebted for the most important discoveries respecting light and colours, was the first who divided... 